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Letters .Potent No. 73,829, dated January 728, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING DOOR-HOLDERS:

TovWHoM IT MAY coNcERN;

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. OKEY, oi' Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, new and useful Inventions in Door-Sprinws; and I hereby declare th tion of' the same, reference being had'to the drawings that accompa have made c following tov he a full and exact descrip desired point.

Figure 1, perspective view.

Figure 2, sectional view.

Figure 3, plan View.

Letter A the hase;l letter B, standard; vletter C, spring; letter D, key or pin.

The base, A, may be mnden any form to suit the fancy, or that may seem advisable, to prevent its moving lloc easily on the floor or carpet, may have a roughened under surface.Y The standard B is cast in connection with the base, A, having an opening through it, whose lower side comes on a level with the top ofthe base. This standard is made to eomejust above the coil of the spring C, to steady and keep it in position. Slots e e are made in the hase, on cach side of thc standard, deep enough to admit the thickness oi' the spring. The spring isnade of' wire, the extension k thereoi` iu any form or shape desired, the ends coiled around suiciently to give the elasticity required. At the terminus the two ends are run oliin a straight line at the lower p :trt of the coil, as seen at in iig. 3,01" may be bent down over the edge of' the base to keep the coil from turning. Thespring thus formed is placed, one part on each side of the standard, and the key D being driven through the opening, holds lit firmly infplaee.

When We desire to have a'door open, it is also desirable to have something to hold it at any given point, to prevent its being `blown in either direction by the wind, thus slamming the door, or knocking it against articles of furniture or the walls of the house, doing damage to both. Placing my device under the door, having the edge thereof come in the hollow ofthe spring, will obvinte all such inconveniences.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A device for holding a. door in any desired position, when constructed with the base, A, in one piece,\vith the spring C heldin position by the key D, substantially as described and-if found necessary and standard B made and set forth.

JOSEPH B. OKEY.

Witnessess.

H. W. MOORE, C. F. WILSON. 

